Cricket 1911

J u l y 22, 1911. C R ICK ET : A W EEK LY EECOED OF THE GAME. 367 Club Cricket. The Incogniti C.C. will shortly be celebrating its 50th birthday, and the Committee have appointed a Jubilee Sub-Committee to consider what form the celebration shall take. In addition to the playing members of the Club there is a “ Reserve” consisting of those members who, in the course of the last 50 years, have retired from active participation in the game. The names and addresses of all present members are, of course, known to the Committee, but those of members of the “ Reserve ” are in most cases not known. The Sub-Committee is most anxious to get into touch with every member of the “ Reserve,” and will be very glad if all old members of the Club who see this notice will immediately send their present address to the member of the Sub-Committee who is compiling a register of them, namely, to Mr. Philip Collins, 6, Bedford Row, London, W.C. Three weeks ago it was our duty to chronicle a record first- wicket partnership in Irish cricket by H. M. Read and R. A. Lloyd, who made 323 together for Dublin University v. County Kilkenny. The performance was equalled on Saturday last for Pembroke against Co. Wicklow at Sydney Parade by W. St. J. Wimble and E. A. Rooney. Co. Wicklow, after being dismissed for 120, had the following score run up at their expense :— W. St. J. Wimble, not out P™ n" Kli;.................................. m E. A. Rooney, b Peacock....................................................... 13S Byes, &c.................................. ............................ 11 Total (1 wkt) ................................................ 323 Wimble hit a 6, a 5 and twenty-nine 4’s and Rooney twenty-two 4’s. Other long partnerships recorded in recent club matches have been : 366* for 2nd, G. W. Hodgkinson (229*) and O. E. Riddell (183*): Somerset Stragglers v. Clergy XL, at Taunton, July 11. 322 ,, 3rd, Lieut.-Col. R. M. Poore (202) and Sergt.-Major Beardall (128): Hounslow Garrison v. Chiswick Park, at Chiswick Park, July 12. (It was Beardall’s first hundred.) 251 ,, 2nd, R. A. Clarke (174) and W. H. Griffiths (75): Gents of Shropshire v. Gents of Woi*cestershire, at Shrewsbury, July 12, 13. (The 250 ,, 2nd, B. S. Cumberlege (130) and W. W. Meldon (134): Northumberland v. Oxford Authentics, at Newcastle, July 12, 13. (Made in 105 minutes.) 235 ,, 1st, Lieut. G. J. Edwards (127) and Lieut. C. L. Gordon (98): 2nd Cold­ stream Guards v. Hounslow Garrison, at Burton Court, July 18. In the match at Taunton 911 runs were made during the day for the loss of but ten wickets. The Clergy made 453 for nine wickets in three hours 35 minutes, and the Stragglers were left with 454 to make in two hours and a-half, and actually scored the runs in 122 minutes. The last 150 were put on in 40 minutes, and the average for the innings worked out at 12 runs an over. Hodgkinson hit two 6’s, a 5 and eighteen 4?s and Riddell two 6’s and twenty-nine 4’s. It was characteristic of cricket that Hodgkinson, who carried out his bat for 229, should have been dismissed the very next day without a run whilst appearing on the same ground for Somerset Stragglers against Bristol University. In last Saturday’s Lancashire League match between Rawten- stall and Burnley, on the former’s ground, W. Cook, in bowling R. Waller, sent a bail 46 yards. So far as we can ascertain the heaviest run-getter of the present season is Mr. Trayton Golding Grinter, of whom Cricket’s “ Guide to Cricketers” says: “ Born December 12th, 1888, at Leytonstone. A big scorer in club cricket; shaped very well for the county [Essex] when tried in 1909; last year played only for the second eleven, scoring 134 v. Norfolk, at Norwich. Bowls fast medium right-hand.” During the present year he has made almost, if not quite, two thousand runs, with at least seven centuries, the last of which came on Saturday in the form of a not-out 131 for South Woodford v. South Essex. His complete figures at the end of the season should make interesting reading. For Essex Club and Ground in 1909 he commenced seven innings, was not out on three occasions, and, with 162* as his highest effort, scored 575 runs with an average of 143*75. The conditions of weather and wicket having continued to be in favour of run-getting, batsmen have had matters almost all their own way, the consequence being that several notable individual feats have been performed. Prominent amongst them was that of G. P. Toynbee, of the Rifle Brigade, who made two separate hundreds at Aldershot last week for Green Jackets against Aldershot Com­ mand. H. S. Altham, of Repton, Oxford and Surrey, ran up 117 and 53 for Oxford Harlequins v. Royal Engineers at Chatham, and Raymond Munds, playing for M.C.C. and Ground, scored 221 against Rugby and 101 against Coventry and North Warwickshire. Munds has played occasionally for Kent, for whom he is qualified by birth, his first appearance having been in 1902, when 19 years of age. On the 12th inst., C. P. Hurditch, who is qualified for Middlesex, hit twenty-five 4’s in an innings of 124 for Twickenham v. London and South -Western Railway, at Twickenham, and on the same ground on June 23rd. obtained thirty 4’s whilst making 160 for Twickenham v. Putney. Quite as noteworthy was the hitting of Lieut. Palmes for United Services v. Exeter, at Mount W ise on Saturday ; he made six 6’s and fourteen 4’s in an innings of 107, and obtained three 6’s, a 4 and a 2 off an over. R. O. Edwards, whilst keeping wicket for Honor Oak v. Heath- field, at Honor Oak on Saturday last, had his nose broken. At East Molesey on Saturday, in a match between Bellevue and East Molesey 2nd, the home side declared at 136 for seven, leaving Bellevue 75 minutes in which to bat. The runs were knocked off in 40 minutes, and the final score was 189 for four wickets. J. D. Fyvie made 71 in twenty minutes, his hits including a 6 (into the river) and twelve 4’s. W . J. Atfield scored 54 not out. The Cyphers C.C. hold their Week from July 24th to 29th, and those who can appreciate a pretty ground and good cricket can be recommended to put in an appearance on at least one day. On the Wednesday evening there will be an Alfresco Concert on the ground, which is situated in King’s Hall Road, Beckenham. Tickets, price one shilling each, can be obtained from the Honorary Secretary, Mr. F. G. Billett, “ Edale,” Woodbastwick Road, Sydenham. An enjoyable match, except perhaps so far as the bowlers were concerned, was that at Lord’s this week between M.C.C. and Ground and Royal Engineers. In the course of the three days as many as 1,321 runs were obtained for the loss of 38 wickets, and the M.C.C., after declaring their second innings at 502 for nine, were beaten by one wicket, the Royal Engineers, by admirably consistent cricket, hitting off the 340 set them in 152 minutes and winning three minutes before time. There were only three individual three- figure scores in the match, T. Wright making 115 for the successful side, and R. H. Y. Cavendish 116 and A. R. Severn 132 for M.C.C. On the second day 781 runs were made for sixteen wickets. In such a heavy scoring game Mr. A. A. Torrens did well to get nine wickets for 193 runs. “ Mr. Extras ” was well to the fore with an aggregate of 147 for the four innings. WANDERERS v. RICHMOND.—Played at Richmond on July 15. Score:— R ic h m o n d . T h e W a n d e r e r s . C. M. Thomas, c Kenward, b Bowen 83 S. Colman, c Thomas, b Polley ... 14 S. de Saram, c sub, b Colman 36 H. A . Busher, c Russell, bThomas 12 C. Russell, run o u t...................... 48 G. Dawdry, c Healing, b Polley... 5 J. A . Healing, b Bowen............... 18 J. U. C. Watt, c and b Healing ... 47 J. Macdonald, b Taylor............... 53 L. S. Wells, b Neame ............... 29 H. Hargreaves, lbw, b Bowen 3 P. G. Gale, c Saram, b Healing ... 6 F. H. Sprot, c Watt, b Taylor 26 R. B. Brooks, b Healing ......... 3 H. B. Neame, not out ............... 0 Rev. F. L. Staples, not o u t......... 9 B 1, lb 10, w 2 ...................................... 13 R. Kenward, c Russell, b Healing 2 — R. L. Bowen, not out ............... 21 Total (7 wkts)* ......... 280 B 6, lb 1, w 3, nb 6 ................ 16 * Innings declared closed. _ R. F. Cloete-Scott, V. R. Polley and Total (8 wkts) ......... 164 P. T. Wrigley did not bat. O. Taylor did not bat. BLANCO For Cleaning and Whitening White Buckskin and Canyas Shoes, Cricket Pads, and all other articles o f a similar nature. 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